Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
Decrease
Hexagram 41 of the Yi Jing · 损 Sǔn
The figure
The Mountain above the Lake: taking from below to give above, the lake deepening at the foot of the mountain. The image of chosen decrease.
What this figure illuminates
Decrease lights up the moments when less is more: to cut back, simplify, give up a surplus for the sake of rightness. What is lightened can rise; not everything needs to be kept.
For a decision, the figure questions the superfluous: “what can I cut back without betraying myself, that would make me freer rather than poorer?”.
A question to keep
What could you cut back without betraying yourself, to gain freedom?
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